![]() The township has some of the most productive soils in the state and a bounty of streams. In earlier years, Landsdown, Sidney, Kingtown (King’s Mills) and Oak Grove also were busy settlements. Villages and hamlets in Franklin are Cherryville (Dogtown until 1856), Quakertown (sometimes called Fairview between 18) and Pittstown (Hoffs until the late 1700s), which also is partly in Alexandria and Union Townships. ![]() It embraces 23.3 square miles in the heart of Hunterdon, and has 3195 residents. ![]() The most reliable records available about the early days of the Township are found in the minutes of the Friends’ Meeting in Quakertown, which was organized in 1733 and remains the last active Quaker establishment in Hunterdon County. Franklin Township was the home of Delaware Indians for some 5,000 years before Quaker settlers from Burlington arrived soon after 1700.
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